Decolonizing Social
Change Communications
Reshaping communications, media, tech, and organizing to advance liberatory social change.
We offer a variety of solutions to support organizations and activists to build sustainability & strategy into their organizing and storytelling.
Ways of Working
Money shouldn't be a barrier to getting the support you need to advance social justice. We offer multiple ways of working with us to meet your unique needs and budget.
Workshops & Gatherings
Learn and grow in real-time with fellow activists and social change communicators.
Workshop Video Library
Our past recorded workshops are always available to Our Members through our Resource Hub. Get quick tips and longer workshops for your organizing, communications, tech, & strategy needs.
On Site Lunch & Learns and Private Workshops
Learn & deepen your strategic communications with a 1-hour in-person learning & strategy workshop. Lunch can be provided by Casa Chavez as requested! Popular topics include:
- Finding Your Story
- Deep Canvassing Training
- Content Vision & Theme
- Amplification Strategies
- Media & Personal Story Building
- Cyber Security 101
- Amplifying Events Off & Online
- Expanding Capacity without AI
Explore available workshop topics for organizations, activists, & community.
Bay Area Workshops & Gatherings
Connection is more important than ever. We host regular in-person office hours & gatherings in the Bay Area and beyond.
Interested in a workshop for your team or community?
Strategic Coaching
Empowering communicators to achive their goals, while staying human.
My coaching offerings have come about organically as I’ve recognized the best ways to share my varied experiences across marketing, film, organizing, media, and more to help support folks creating change.
Our coaching sessions are designed to evolve and best meet you and your organization’s needs. I aim to empower communicators to meet their goals while staying human and aligned with their values. Scroll down for more information on my coaching offerings.
Strategic Coaching
Our coaching sessions are designed to evolve and best meet you and your organization’s needs.
- Strategic Communications
- Social Change Storytelling
- Digital Activation/Outreach
- Tech Geek Needs
- Project Management
- Interpersonal/Team Relationships
- Somatic Grounding
I love working with passionate communicators & organizers who want to work aligned with their values and want to create change in a healthy and future-focused way. We offer at a team and individual level. Hear from our clients about our coaching approach.
Contact us to discuss unique pricing and scoping depending on your needs.
Filmmaking
Create engaging & informative videos for your organization, events, & programs on-the-go. Get affordable video that aligns with your vision & stays human.
While I love all kinds of storytelling and mediums, my first love has always been film. I'm getting back to my roots and my Radio-Television-Film degree from the University of Texas at Austin to amplify filmmaker-quality video for organizations and grassroots movements. Let's tell your story and envision a future for all of us!
360° Approach
- Strategic Vision
- Quality equipment
- On Site/Off Site Video Capture
- Filmmaker-level Editing
- Social & Video Best Practices
- No AI!
Watch Film Portfolio
Bear and Sam Chavez at the University of Texas at Austin, 2025
Healthy Media & Podcast
Navigating heart-first activism & storytelling. Host Sam Chavez (she/they/he) connects with organizations, campaigns, and social change communicators who are boldly creating change in today's social, political, tech & media landscape. Plus, our private podcast let's guests go deeper and offer strategic advice away from the prying eyes of Big Tech. Get the private podcast starting at $2/month.
Interested in our services?
If you have questions about our services or have a specific issue you'd need to solve and are unsure what services are right for you. Get in touch and we can collaborate about what works for you!
Resources for the People
Get back to storytelling with our tools built to streamline work. Make your outreach work easier with our interactive guides, worksheets, & templates for movements and organizations of all sizes.
